Skin Watchers Beauty Products

Hello Everyone!

Those of you that know me well know I try rather hard to look after my skin - it's quite rebellious and often has its own ideas about what it's going to do! I have combination/oily skin which can lead to blocked pores and a just a general icky feeling after a long day - even more so if I've been wearing a lot of make-up. I recently came across the company Skin Watchers on a Korean Beauty group on Facebook and took a look at their website - everything looked so good and professional! I was given the opportunity to try out some of the products from the range and I'm so, SO glad I did as I've found a new favourite brand!

Here are all the products I tried - Skin Watchers is based in South Korea so the packaging is in both Korean and English which I find brilliant! I can't read Korean (yet, it's on my list!) so this is very helpful! Check out the beautiful logo and very stylish packaging for the products. I'm still keeping everything in the boxes as I like them so much - they look great on a shelf together!

This is an Aloe Vera soothing gel - this is one of my favourites! Look at the pretty green packaging, it's a very big tube that's easy to dispense the product from, the instructions for use are also on the back of the tube which is handy. You can also put the tube in the fridge for a cooling effect too! I think this would be fantastic on a hot day in the summer.

The gel itself is clear (Fantastic! No added colourings!) It smells very fresh and of aloe. As a gel it's quite thick but its absorbed very easily and a little goes a very long way - I can use a small pea sized amount for both my face and neck! I felt this gel left my skin feeling very soft, supple and soothed after removing make up after application.

Ceramizing Essence Toner - this toner is great, its very easy to apply and left my skin feeling very hydrated.

The scent of this was very clean and fresh, again it was easily absorbed and didn't make my skin feel clogged or heavy.

Now this is something I've never, ever seen before! It's an Enzyme Powder Wash - rather than a liquid this comes in a bottle but it's powdered!

 All you need is a little amount of the powder, add a little bit of water and it foams up to make this very luxurious wash - I was really, really impressed with this as it left my skin still feeling soft but squeaky clean as well. I found it very easy to use and even if you pour out to much powder you can put it back into the bottle which you can't with a normal liquid. I would definitely purchase this again.

Galactomytes Whitening Esscense - This is a lovely big bottle with a dropper for measure application - I'm not entirely sure on the application on this as the instructions are in Korean - but from the website I worked out that a couple of drops should be applied after cleansing and toning skin. 

The essence contains a lot of vitamins and also brings elasticity to the skin. I found this left my skin looking brighter, healthier and spongy - It didn't leave my skin feeling sticky or oily which is fantastic.

This is one of the set of Green Snail Intensive products - I've never tried any snail products before, but have friends that swear by them. I really love the cute little jar that this came in.

Inside the box was the jar of cream - it has a little stopper to make sure that the cream doesn't leak in transport/keep it fresh.

I love this cream and I'd totally buy this again too, it's very thick, smells lovely and is absorbed so easily! I was really impressed by that as it's such a thick cream - and a little goes a long, long way. This left my skin feel fabulous!

This is the second in the Green Snail Intensive set - an emulsion.

I love the design for this bottle, it makes dispensing the emulsion very easy. This is to be used after cleansing and a toner/essence.

The scent of this was lovely- it's not over powering and is somewhere between being a clean scent and a light floral. This was quite thick, but again like the other Skin Watchers products was absorbed very quickly. It left my skin feeling super soft and light.

This was the third in the Green Snail Intensive set - a Toner. This was another of my favourites and I will most likely replace it when it runs out. Again this utilises a useful pump bottle - its really sturdy and feels very expensive! Like the rest of the range this had a very pleasant scent which wasn't over powering at all.

A close up of the bottle top.

This toner is to be used after cleansing, it's a clear runny liquid and whole pump covered my whole face, you can see here how smooth and soft my skin looks - I thought it left it looking brighter too!

Check out this Natural Deep Cleansing oil! I've always been a little dubious about using oil cleansers on my skin what with it already being oily, but the packaging says you can use a regular cleaner after this for an extra fresh feeling.

Look how pretty this colour is! All you need is a small amount to clean skin.

This is a very runny oil - it smells very fruity and cleans excellently - I didn't find I needed and extra cleanser afterwards as it didn't make my skin feel any oiler than normal. I really rather like this one too and will likely buy another.

Skin Watchers Original Facial Oil - this was another that didn't have english instructions, but I tried it out in the same way I did with the Galactomyces Essence. This bottle too has the helpful little dropper.

This is quite a liquid oil, my skin absorbed it very quickly and left my skin very soft. It has quite a lovely fruity scent.

UV Success Sun Block - SPF50+/PA+++ - I adore this! I've been trying to find a suncream to wear under my makeup for a very long time - everything I've tried has felt heavy and greasy - I also burn very easily so it was something I really needed! This comes in a handy bag sized tube and recommends using after cleansing before applying makeup. 

This is a very thick cream which had me a little worried incase it was going to be like the others I had tried - I was pleasantly surprised to find it was very easily absorbed, didn't feel sticky/greasy or heavy and actually made my foundation easier to apply! It had a very nice light scent as well!

Oh my gosh, this whitening water drop is so much fun to use! I've never tried anything quite like this before - essentially this cream is for brightening and hydrating your skin by forming water drops to lock in moisture!

This came out as a relatively thick cream but the second I started to rub it in it turned into the picture on the right - You can actually see the little water droplets! 

  

Like the rest of the Skin Watchers products this was absorbed very quickly and you can see in the picture my skin looks brighter, so soft and moisturised! I'm very impressed with this too!

I really, REALLY love this range and I'll definitely be re-purchasing some of the above. My favourites have to be the Green Snail Intensive, the Enzyme Powder Wash and the Soothing Aloe Gel. Skin Watchers thrive on knowing that their products are loved and I can see why people love them!

If you'd like to check out Skin Watchers for yourself you can do so here on the link below - they handily offer shipping to most of the world.

Skin Watchers Website

Have you tried out Skin Watchers? I'd love to know your thoughts in the comments or on my Facebook page!

Ta-ta for now,

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~*~SPONSORED REVIEW~*~ MIMO Pencil Case Shop ~*~POSITIVE~*~

Hello Everyone!

Today I've a very exciting review for you! If you read my site regularly you may remember that I recently posted a segment on Kawaii stationary and one of the featured stationary sites was MIMO Pencil Case Shop, in case you didn't, MIMO is a on-line shop that focuses on affordable cute and kawaii stationary. Based in the USA MIMO is run by the lovely Jeanette.

MIMO sent me a huge box, containing a planner set to review! Funnily enough this arrived on my birthday yesterday! The box contained everything you would need to start using a planner and some! I'd originally planned for this to be an un-boxing video - everything was so beautifully wrapped, but Harry had other ideas - he got very confused by me talking to the camera and thought I was asking him to come and play and the video very quickly became a write off! (I will try and re-film this in the next week as I really do think it'd be great to show you the products, especially the planner, up-close.)

One of the first things I found in the box was this adorable little note - I love little touches like this as it makes things seem more personal. I really like the design on this little note-let and have a plan for it already!

The first little package I opened contained these mini highlighters, a role of deco tape and a role of eraser tape! These will be so useful for me! 

I use highlighters a lot when I'm researching for articles and having lots of colours is really handy as it means I can colour code my research. I'll also be using these a lot to highlight important dates in my planner! Each highlighter has a cute character on and I really like the stripy design as it makes them bright and colourful. The little packet is mega useful as well as it means I can keep them all together and put them in my bag to take out and about. 

Deco tape is something that has always interested me - it's exactly what it sounds like, it's a tape you can apply to paper that has little decorations on, this one has bunting and butterflies - how cute is that? I'm definitely going to use this a lot as I think it'll be fun to use to mark important days. 

Corrector tape is always, always useful for me! I'm rather prone to making mistakes on paper, and I do tend to draft out things on paper first so this is super useful as well. It'll also come in handy if I put a date in my diary (I nearly always use pen) and I need to move it, rather than leaving a huge ugly scribble I can just use this to cover it! I love the design of this to, I find it funny that it looks like a milk shake bottle, it almost looks like milk is pouring out when you use the tape!

Next was a box containing two decorative tapes! I like that the front of the box shows the pattern of the two tapes in detail - this pack contains two kinds of lace style tape.

Look how pretty these are - I think they'd be fab for edging important pages or even for sticking in photos! The colours used are very vibrant which means they'll show up well on paper.

Eep! Totoro! Oh my gosh, I love, love, love Totoro! He's right up there with Rilakkuma! This is a little cellphone/bag mascot and he's so soft and squishy! This has already made it onto my handbag so I can take him with me where ever I go.

Check out these adorable paper clips - these have definitely been made with love. They are so detailed and such pretty colours! I'm going to use them in my planner to mark pages and hold in some loose leave notes.

Here's where I got to before the video ended - so I was able to get some photos of the lovely wrapping Jeanette does! I mean look how perfect that is! I am horribly useless when it comes to wrapping, and there's usually tape everywhere if I've had some kind of involvement, but this is sealed with a single cute sticker! I am in awe of her wrapping skills!

Inside this package: Animal stickers, Lovely days pages markers, Rilakkuma page markers and post-its and daily schedule post its.

If you know me, you know that I love stickers! These are adorable, puffy little animals with funny faces! No doubt I will use these everywhere possible! Page markers are always useful, I also use them to make little notes when I need to remember something important or when I need to reference something. These ones have such a cute bear and friends design, they remind me a little bit of Pinny-Mu.

My favourite Rilakkuma!¬ I have no doubt I will use these absolutely everywhere! This is one of my favourite designs too! The daily schedule will be very useful for me as I often have a few things I need to remember to do on a day to day basis. I love the giraffes face peeping in from the side of the page.

More of that awesome wrapping! I love that Jeanette has taken the time to match the tape or stickers to the paper!

In this package was a white kitty pen, a bunny ruler and an strawberry milk pen.

How cute are these little faces? The kitty pen is a black gel pen which is very smooth to write with. The bunny ruler has to be one of my most favourite things in the package, it's a great size and I love his expression! The strawberry milk pen matches the correction tape. This is actually an erasable pen which means it'd be good for draft writing or even outlining drawings!

Oh, ho, ho! It's my favourite Rilakkuma! Look at his squishy little face, he's made out of a super soft fabric and really well made. This is a pencil case.

Check out the details on his tummy - he even has little yellow paws.

Inside the pencil case were some colour gel pens! There is a whole set here and probably every colour imaginable - they are very fine tipped so perfect for writing in small spaces or even sketching with. I know I will use these a lot. Bonus: You can see that the pencil case has Rilakkuma's name embroidered on which is a really lovely touch.

The last thing I unwrapped was this pastel purple macaron planner - this came wrapped in a lovely box, which is a great idea as it'd protect it during shipping.

Look how beautiful this planner is! I've always, always wanted a pretty coloured planner, so much so that I have in fact ruined my boring black filofaax with spray paint in effort to kawaii-afy it! I adore this colour, it's just pefect. The material used is a high quality textured PU leather. It has a hand button snap at the front to keep it closed.

Inside the planner is a six ring binder. On the inside of the front cover there is plenty of room to put business cards, a bigger slot for notes or papers you may need and a loop for a pen.

The diary insiders are a perfect size for writing in. I've also found the filiofax ones way to squished in to get all the information I need in. I also like that these don't have printed dates - that way you can put your own in any format you like, and also if you bought this part way through the year you wouldn't loose out on use if the previous months were no good.

The back of the planner has another slot for loose papers and another pen holder! This is really handy as I like to keep a pen and pencil in my planner. I also tend to keep any useful bits of paper, such as directs or leaflets in my planner too so there is plenty of room for that.

Some dividers and extra inserts were also included with the planner. I'm going to decorate the dividers with some of the stickers and tapes that MIMO sent in the package.

This is the front page of the diary inserts and it's given me an idea for this planner! As well as using it as a normal day-to-day planner, I'm going to turn this into an inspirational and motivational planner too! I'll be doing an update on the planner in a post very soon so you can see what I have used it for and get an idea of how you can use it too!

I want to say thank you to Jeanette at MIMO pencil case shop for this beautiful set, I really do love everything she sent and it's been packaged with such care and attention. I can honestly say that I would purchase from MIMO and know that my order would be taken care of perfectly.Customer service is spot on and Jeanette is a lovely person to talk too and she is only to happy to help with any queries you may have.

Please go check out MIMO pencil cases shop, if you've seen something you like in my review you can be sure you'll find it on the store, but give me a shout if you need help finding it!

MIMO PENCIL CASE SHOP

You can also find MIMO on the facebook below:

MIMO PCS FACEBOOK PAGE

Ta-ta for now,

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